Senior Data Engineer - AdTech Domain
First seen by Alion on Aug 25, 2026.
Description:
We are looking for Senior Data Engineers to join our AdTech team and build scalable, high-performance data platforms that power advertising insights and analytics. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in distributed data processing, ETL pipelines, and Big Data technologies, with hands-on expertise in Spark and Scala.
You will work on designing, developing, and optimizing large-scale data pipelines while collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering teams to build reliable, production-grade data solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines for large-scale data processing.
- Build and optimize distributed data applications using Spark and Scala.
- Develop reliable, high-performance data pipelines for batch and streaming workloads.
- Work with large datasets to ensure data quality, consistency, and performance.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and analytics teams to deliver robust data solutions.
- Optimize data workflows for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Deploy and manage data workloads in cloud and containerized environments.
- Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve platform performance.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Big Data Engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Scala.
- Experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Storage (GCS).
- Experience with Kubernetes (K8s).
- Strong SQL skills and understanding of distributed data processing.
- Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance optimization skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Good to Have:
- Experience with AWS and cloud-native data services.
- Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Kafka.
- Experience working on large-scale data platforms or AdTech systems.
- Exposure to orchestration tools such as Airflow.
Benefits:
- Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly.
- Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners.
- Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development.
- High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.
Skills
Data Engineering, Big Data, Spark, ETL, SQL, Kafka